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Newspaper
Batesville Tribune
Location
Batesville, Indiana, United States of America
Date
May 25, 1905
Page
7
Editor notes mercury dangers in nostrums and cautions readers about Catarrh Treatments sold by Cheney in Toledo Ohio. Warns that mercury damages smell and mucous surfaces. Promotes Hall's Catarrh Cure and Hall's Family Pills with testimonials and price 75 cents per bottle.
Stubb outlines a scheme to ship circus posters to Europe. Foreign artists would sign, the works framed, then shipped back as masterworks, aiming to profit from the exchange of signatures and art.
A brief old advertisement invites readers to write Allen S. Olmsted in Le Roy New York for a free sample of Allen's Foot-Ease powder. It claims to ease tired sweating and aching feet, soften corns and bunions, and help shoes fit better. Druggists and shoe stores sell it.
A playful exchange between Robert and Richard about generosity and nature, presented in a light Puck-esque tone.
The Wabash announces a Niagara Falls excursion on Thursday August 17 offering free seats in Reclining Chair Cars, a unique perk among lines. The note appears in a period ad and includes several consumer health claims and product mentions from the era.
John MecMullen a Vin cennes shipmaster and rail magnate finds his brother James in Chillicothe Ohio after a long search. They were separated fifty four years born in Chillicothe. John plans to move his family to Raleigh Missouri where his interests lie. James, a small contractor in Chillicothe, has seven children. They will join him and enjoy life on the wealth the west brought John.
In a dialogue from the Vortuis Transcript Mary protests discarding a worn carpet. He suggests turning it again, while noting both sides are threadbare. She questions edgewise options and whether to abandon the item.
A humorous Somerville Journal item recalls a dentist who extracts four teeth after persuading a tramp with the promise of a four dollar fee. The exchange ends with a humorous remark about the cost and reaction.
A mother’s care for sick children is praised alongside home remedies such as Calawell’s Syrup Pepsin for relief, house maintenance advice recommends weekly copper flushing to remove odors, and a note on Red Cross Ball Blue laundry use. The Italian land value is stated as thirty four times annual rent.
An advertisement promotes custom rubber stamps, self inkers and daters, ink pads, and related supplies. It invites readers to request a catalog from Lock Baz 219 in Fort Wayne Indiana.
Women seek a healthy birth through Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound which purportedly tones the female system and cures displacement ulceration and inflammation. Personal letters claim restored fertility after using the remedy with testimonials from Milwaukee residents and a call for advice to Mrs Pinkham Lynn Mass for expectant or would be mothers.
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